- Meet Chad
- Practice Areas & Featured Cases
- Education & Awards
- Memberships
- Community Involvement
Chad J. Bradford is a Partner in CohenMalad, LLP’s personal injury practice, representing victims in medical malpractice-related matters.
Chad joined our firm with more than 20 years of prior medical malpractice law and negotiation experience in defense work. By litigating for physicians, nurses, hospitals, dentists and other healthcare providers, Chad brings valuable insight that benefits our clients.
His expertise includes representing defendant healthcare providers in jury trials, and in all phases of litigation including depositions, oral argument and administrative licensing hearings. Chad also litigated for healthcare providers in medical malpractice claims before both the Indiana Department of Insurance and Indiana State courts, as well as prepared numerous medical review panel submissions on behalf of clients in several different medical and dental specialties.
Chad’s earlier legal career involved providing legal counsel for a national healthcare liability insurance provider; through that work he was selected to serve on a national medical specialty advisory board.
Chad has been recognized multiple times as an Indiana Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters for Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice. In 2017, he presented the ICLEF seminar “The New Medical Malpractice Act.”
Chad received his J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and his B.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington. He and his wife of 23 years, Gina, have four children — all of whom keep the family very busy with sports activities.
PRACTICE AREAS
FEATURED CASES & MATTERS
- Kauffman v. Indiana University Health, Jay, Inc., et al., 18C02-2105-CT-46 (Ind. 2023)
- Pinner v. Washington, 49D06-1609-CT-33917 (Ind. 2022)
- Estate of Hoover v. Wakim, et al., 48C01-1502-CT-15 (Ind. 2022)
- Estate of LaFollette v. Devlin, et al., 06C01-1609-CT-571 (Ind. 2022)
- Estate of Pearson v. Maasen, 37D01-1601-CT-57 (Ind. 2021)
- Showalter v. Yekinni, 49D14-1602-CT-6654 (Ind. 2019)
- Pleasant v. Scales, et al., 45D10-1212-CT-270 (Ind. 2019)
- Estate of Kyle v. Toney, et al., 27D02-1309-CT-52 (Ind. 2018)
- Estate of Cleveland v. Weston, et al., 49D13-1612-CT-44064 (Ind. 2018)
- Sneed v. Wippermann, 41D04-1308-CT-113 (Ind. 2018)
- Estate of Stacy v. Coomer, 10C01-1409-CT-130 (Ind. 2017)
- Zelman v. Central Indiana Orthopedics, P.C., 18A02-1705-PL-1121 (Ind.Ct.App. 2017)
- Dermatology Associates P.C. v. White, 67 N.E.3d 1173 (Ind.Ct.App. 2017)
- Mulligan v. Wayne, 82D03-1304-CT-1444 (Ind. 2016)
Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes. Case results vary dramatically depending on specific facts and circumstances.
EDUCATION
J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2002, cum laude
- Merit Scholarship recipient for all three years.
B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1998
- Majors: Economics and Sociology
- Received Business Foundations Certificate from the Kelley School of Business.
- Indiana Memorial Union Board of Directors, President, 1996-1998
AWARDS & PRESENTATIONS
- Indiana Super Lawyers, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense, Thomson Reuters 2018-2020
- ICLEF Seminar Presenter, “The New Medical Malpractice Act,” April 2017
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Indianapolis Bar Disciplinary Committee, 2007-present
JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- Kentucky, 2025
- Indiana, 2002
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2002
- United State District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 2002
VOLUNTEER WORK, Past & Present
- Travel Baseball Volunteer and Coach, 2010-present
- Advocate for foster and adoptive families
- Presenter for Indiana Department of Child Services in programs to educate new DCS attorneys re: adoption issues
- Ask-a-lawyer Program
- Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic
- Youth football league, Board Member and Treasurer
- Men’s basketball league, Director
- Certified foster care parent
